Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipette with encapsulated or integral filter, and method and apparatus for forming same
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Application No.: US16767349Application Date: 2018-11-28
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Publication No.: US11583847B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: John Claude Cadotte, Jr. , Venu Krishna Pillai , Michael Kurt Schaefer , James Mark Seymour
- Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- Agent Michael G. Panian
- International Application: PCT/US2018/062901 WO 20181128
- International Announcement: WO2019/108688 WO 20190606
- Main IPC: B01L3/02
- IPC: B01L3/02 ; B29C49/04 ; B29C49/16 ; B29C49/02 ; B29C49/20 ; B29K23/00 ; B29K25/00 ; B29K701/10

Abstract:
Measuring pipettes including integral or encapsulated filters, as well as methods and apparatuses for forming the same, are provided. A filter material (e.g., a discrete element in solid form) or a filter material precursor (e.g., a foamable thermoplastic composition and a blowing agent) to be introduced into a hollow interior of a softened thermoplastic material present within a mold during pipette fabrication. A pipette includes a filter element comprising foamed polymeric material within a mouthpiece region, wherein an outer portion of the filter element is bound to or encapsulated in an inner wall of the mouthpiece region. A filter material precursor may be supplied coaxially with a tubular flow of thermoplastic material into the mold, may be supplied laterally through a mold wall, or may be injected into a molten thermoplastic pipette forming material upstream of an extruder outlet.
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